In the shared responsibility model for an Azure deployment, what is Microsoft solely responsible for managing?

The correct answer is D. the management of the physical hardware. In the Azure shared responsibility model, Microsoft is solely responsible for the physical infrastructure: servers, networking hardware, storage hardware, and the physical security of data centers. As you move up the stack, responsibility shifts progressively to the customer…

Submitted by rania.sa· Apr 18, 2026Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity

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Athe management of mobile devices
Bthe permissions for the user data stored in Azure
Cthe creation and management of user accounts
Dthe management of the physical hardware

How the community answered

(41 responses)

A
5% (2)
B
2% (1)
D
93% (38)

Explanation

In the Azure shared responsibility model, Microsoft is solely responsible for the physical infrastructure: servers, networking hardware, storage hardware, and the physical security of data centers. As you move up the stack, responsibility shifts progressively to the customer. User data permissions (B), user account creation and management (C), and mobile device management (A) are always the customer's responsibility regardless of whether the deployment is IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS. The key principle is: Microsoft owns the physical layer; customers own their identities, data, and access controls.

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#Shared Responsibility Model#Azure Security#Cloud Security#Physical Infrastructure

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